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| Published: June 15, 2018

Role of Parenting in Moral Development: An Overview

Ms. Sneha Hazra ,

Applied Psychology, AIBAS, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Ms.Shalini Mittal

Assistant Professor, AIBAS, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.057/20180602

DOI: 10.25215/0602.057

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The present paper focuses on the role of parents in the moral development of children. A child is not born with disciplines and values. In the course of their upbringing they inculcate these values from the environment they grow in. Morality is ethics and values that are required to be an acceptable individual in a society. It is the sole duty of the parents to shape the personality of their child through proper guidance and nurturing strategies. This paper reviews the studies exploring moral development among children and the role that different parenting styles and family dynamics might play. The review suggests that parents play a constructive role in the child’s personality by adopting their psychological strategy to rear their child. However, in the exhaustive literature review very few studies tracing the moral development of children in the Indian context were found. Considering the importance of morals in the overall personality development of the children, this paper proposes the need for more studies in the Indian context and collectivistic cultures.
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Ms. Sneha Hazra @ snehahazra.march11@gmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

DIP: 18.01.057/20180602

DOI: 10.25215/0602.057

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Published in   Volume 06, Issue 2, April-June, 2018